Hard hitting documentary 'They Go To Die' coming to a city near you this March!

Date: 
Thu, 07/03/2013 - 19:00 - Fri, 22/03/2013 - 23:00

This March, RESULTS are working with director and epidemiologist Jonathan Smith to bring his hard hitting documentary- 'They Go To Die'- to cinemas and lecturer theatres across the UK. 

'They Go To Die' is a documentary investigating the life’s of four former migrant gold mineworkers in South Africa and Swaziland who have contracted drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and HIV while working at a gold mine. When the miners fail to improve their TB status at the mining hospital, they are sent home to rural areas of Southern Africa often with no continuation of care or means of treatment. This practice is often referred to as “sending them home to die” by leading health officials. 

The film raises con­cerns of dis­ease and human rights violations uniquely though the con­text of life, love, and fam­ily; unlike tra­di­tional health films, it focuses on relationships and bonding, not death and disease.  It is a film of unit­ing across cul­tures and paints a por­trait of common humanity. To find out more about the film and to view a trailer, take a look at the films website - theygotodie.com 

Below are the dates of the tour. Some venues and times are still to be confirmed. These will be updated as soon as they have been finalised

Dates for UK screenings of ‘They Go To Die’ in March 2013

7th March: Edinburgh

Cameo Cinema, 7.00pm

8th March: Newcastle

Side Cinema, 7.00pm

9th March: Leeds

Hyde Park Picture House, 7.00pm

10th: Manchester

11th: Sheffield

Lecture Theatre LT6, Arts Tower, Sheffield University, 7.00pm

12th Norwich

UEA Congregation Hall, 8.00pm

13th Cambridge

Mill Lane Lecture Room 1, 8 Mill Lane, 7.00pm

14th Warwick

S0.19 (Social Sciences faculty), 6.00pm

15th Birmingham 

John Lee, Lecture Theatre, Birmingham and Midlands Institute, 6.30pm

16th Glasgow

Medsin Global Health Conference

17th Southampton 

Lecture Room G, Murray Building, Southampton University, 6.30pm

18th Bristol

The Cube, 7.00pm

19th Poole

Post Graduate Medical Centre, Poole Hospital

20th London

Ritzy Cinema, Brixton, 7.00pm

21st Brighton

The Old Market, 7.00pm

22nd London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

John Snow Lecture Theatre, 7.00pm

To find out more about the screenings contact Felix Jakens at felix.jakens@results.org.uk or Saoirse Fitzpatrick at Saoirse.fitzpatrick@results.org.uk